IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 AP/74-92
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: RGS ADDITIONAL PAPERS: houses of the RGS
Date(s): 1837-1991
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 19 boxes
Name of creator(s): Royal Geographical Society
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Royal Geographical Society was based in 21 Regent Street, 1830-1839; 3 Waterloo Place, 1839-1854; 15 Whitehall Place, 1854-1870; 1 Saville Row, 1870-1913; and its present home in Lowther Lodge , Kensington Gore in 1913.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers relating to Royal Geographical Society buildings, 1837-1991, including House Committee papers, 1839, financial papers; inventory of RGS property, 1840; papers relating to repairs; papers and correspondence of the Building Fund, 1911-1930s; papers relating to Trust Funds, 1913-1976 and papers relating to the following properties: Lowther Lodge, 1912-1991, Horticultural Society's rooms, 1839, 213 Piccadilly, 1839, 3 Waterloo Place, 1839, Whitehall Place house, 1854-1857, Burlington Gardens, 1898-1901 and Saville Row/Virgo Street, 1909-1912.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
See box list in the Foyle Reading Room.
Conditions governing access:
Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopying at Archivist's discretion, and subject to completion of Request for Copies form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist. Please note that in some cases copyright of the author or owner may need to be sought.
Finding aids:
Box list available in the Foyle Reading Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Generated internally by the Royal Geographical Society.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: The Record of the Royal Geographical Society, 1830-1930 by Hugh Robert Mill.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Nov 2008.